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Love my new freeform. Great sweat patterns, the prettiest I've ever  
had and I had a 2800 dollar Synergist made for this horse. Anyway,  
she seems very happy with it also. It's really comfortable. I'm 5'9"  
and weigh about 165lbs, and her back looks great so far!Tiffany
On May 24, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Jennifer Adam wrote:

> Hi all -
> Wellll...thought I had my perfect endurance saddle picked out, but  
> now I'm not so sure! Good grief, I never realized there were so  
> many options and possibilities!! I was planning to get a treeless  
> saddle because I like close contact and it seemed like it would be  
> more comfortable for my horse, but then I read some articles that  
> said treeless saddles don't do an adequate job of distributing a  
> rider's weight. I've also looked at flexible tree saddles,  
> adjustable tree saddles, and custom fit saddles on traditional  
> trees. Then there's the choice between English and Western rigging.  
> I'm overwhelmed and confused! I learned to ride English and did a  
> little dressage and jumping. Right now I do probably half my riding  
> bareback and the other half in a traditional Western trail saddle.  
> My saddle fits me perfectly, but it feels bulky and doesn't fit my  
> mustang as well as I would like it to. She doesn't complain (yet!)   
> - but we haven't done 50 miles in it, either!! I'm sure you're all  
> sick of this subject, but if anyone has some spare time I would  
> appreciate some advice on what to consider when buying a saddle??  
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of the different styles?  
> Those of you with treeless saddles - do you like them?? Thanks so  
> much - sorry to be a pest, but you all are teaching me soooo much  
> and I really do appreciate it!!
> Jen
>
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